The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-07-06
Weekly News Summary.


Mrs. JONATHAN BLAIsDELL of East Fair
field fell down stairs Monday, breaking her
neck.
THE debt of the Universalist church at st.
Johnsbury, amounting to $500, has Just been
cancelled.
REV. JOHN G. BoDwELL was installed
pastor of the Congregational church at Lynn
don June %.
JOHN CARRIGAN, sixteen years old of
Pittsford was capsized in boat recently
and drowned.
REV w. II. WALKER was ordained and
installed pastor of the Baptist church at
West Rutland June %.
A LARGE barn near Pittsford depot fell
with crash to the ground Thursday during
the storm 1t was seventy-six years old.
FREDERICK GoNYEAU of Winooski aged
about eighteen and an employee of the
wooden mill, was drowned Saturday while
bathing.
The Congregational church and society of
Clarendon have extended call to Rev. j.
S. Jones of Massachusetts to become their
pastor. He has accepted.
PROFESSOR WILLARD of the Vermont
Academy at Saxton's River, has been
granted leave of absence of five months
and will take trip to Europe.
The chief of police and other officials in
Rutland are investigating reports of hotel
gambling-rooms, where much money is said
to have been lost in the past few weeks.
The game of ball last Thursday between
the st. Adams and Burlington nines played
at the former place, was an exciting one.
1t resulted in favor of the visitors by score
of ten to six.
REV. II. A. GooDHUE closed his labors at
Townshend June %, and goes at once to
Westminster West. He is soon to be in
stalled there as colleague with Rev. A.
Stevens, DID.
AT the meeting of the board of trustees
of the University of Vermont, last week,
Judge Torrey L. Wales and Elias Lyman,
Esq, were elected trustees to fill vacancies
caused by the death of Lawrence Barnes
and Henry LOOMS.
THE trustees of the University of YER
mont, at their recent meeting elected DIR. j .
Hayden Woodward of Burlington professor
of materia medica and therapeutics in the
medical department, in place of Professor
II. ID. Holton. resigned.
THE coke sheds at Ely Station, Passump-
sic railroad, formerly used by the Vermont
Mining Company, and 5000 shingles were
burned June 2Sth. The fire is supposed to
have been started by a spark from an en-
CINE. Loss 81 900; no insurance.
THE postmaster-general has appointed
four letter-carriers for Brattleboro and four
substitutes. There are to be twenty-four
new iron street letter boxes, making thirty
five with those already in use. The free
delivery system went into effect July list.
GAS from leakage in milliner-shop at
Rutland exploded Thursday, SCATTERING the
front of the shop and breaking the plate
glass windows in about twenty neighboring
stores Miss Sullivan, who caused the eX-
ploson by lighting a match, was rendered
unconscious The entire loss was about
$4,000.
JOSEPH HADLEY of Hyde Park started
July 18th, 1913, for Burlington. When he
got as far as the Perry place in johnson he
cut willow stick by the roadside. After
using it for drving-stick to Burlington
and back he stuck it in the ground near a
spring. 1t took root and grew and now
measures ten feet in circumference.
LAKE CHAMPLAIN's sea-serpent has been
seen again. Heretofore it has appeared
near the lower end of the lake, but farmer
saw the monster near Miller's marsh, just
north of TicOnderoga, the other day. He
reports it as being thirty to thirty-tive fee
long, with a head as large as that of hil
dog. 1t swan from the Ticonderoga side
directly across the lake
THURSDAY morning the house, store ant
outbuildings of III. Il. Clifford, in Royalton
were burned. The family barely escaped
with their lives. Amount of loss and the in
surance not stated. 1t is the general opin
ion that the fire was set by friend of a
burglar who was apprehended by Mr.. Gift
ford while burglarizing his store and is now
serving term at windsor.
THE Maine Commercial Travellers Asso
citation arrived in Burlington Thursday OF
their annual excursion and were given
generous welcome. The party numbered
10, including the Chandler band of Port
land. Friday the eXcursionists visited For
Ticonderoga on the steamer Vermont
and in the evening a ball was given at tn,
American Hotel in their honor.
THESE officers have been chosen by til,
Vermont Association of Road and Trotting
Horses: President, Colonel George w
Hooker of Brattleboro; vice-presidents
Joseph l.. Parker of Quechee, Henry I
Cults of ORWELL treasurer, Joseph Battel
of Middlebury; secretary, e. f. Brownel
of Burlington; executive committee, Juliu
n. North of Shoreham, +. +. Brownell o
Burlington, Henry S. Town of Montpelier
Fred II. Harrington and Edward Bowman
of Rutland The next exhibition will b
held at Rutland September 10,
COUNSEL for the respondent furnishes tn
following: 60 The supreme court, whicl
heard the case of State rs. NJ. j. Maloney a
the general term in October 1885, has de
cided the case. The judgment directed t.
be entered is as follows: exceptions sus
tanned; Judgment arrested on the first an
third counts of the indictment and judg
ment reversed; new trial granted on tn
second count and cause remanded. Pet
ton for new trial dismissed without costs
The effect of this decision is that the frs
and third counts in the indictment, whic
were intended to charge that Maloney ha
accused Judge Royce of bribery, are insult
cient The judgment of the count
court is reversed on this count and cause r,
manded for some error committed on triS
in the county court"
In General.
DIR. McGLyNN is to join the Knights {
Labor,
BLOODY riotng is again reported fro
Belfast.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE has graduated siXt
five members.
HEAVY rains are falling in Dakota, great
beneftting the crops.
THE Ohio prohibitionists have nominate
NJ. Sharp for governor.
YELLOW fever is increasing in power al
virulence at Key West.
The decree of communication again
DIR. McGlynn is published.
FIRE in Hurley, Wis, destroyed pro
erty to the value of 100000.
THE Burnside monument at Providenc
X. l., was unveiled Monday.
MICHAEL DAvITT has started to stun
Scotland On the Irish question.
Mr.. PHELPS, our minister to Great Britai
dined with the Queen last week.
A MORTGAGE on negro was offered
Atlanta, Ga, as security for debt.
CENTRAL MEXICO experienced viole
earthquake one morning last week.
A TALMAGF general MANAGER of 1